Energy consultancy Xodus Group is setting up a Houston operation with plans for major international growth. The independent Aberdeen-headquartered company is bringing its fully integrated field development services to the States and is confident that its reservoir to refinery approach will be a succ
Hallin Marine Subsea International Ltd, a Superior Energy Services company, is providing a vessel plus an ROV to assist in the deep burial of a major Indonesian offshore pipeline. The 16 inch pipeline from the Kodeco Processing Platforms in the Madura Sea to the onshore Receiving Facility in Gresik,
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has been contracted by Shell Exploration & Production Company to replace the platform wires on the Auger TLP’s lateral mooring system in the Gulf of Mexico, announced InterMoor President Tom Fulton. The eight platform wires that will be replaced on the Auger TLP are com
TWI has successfully completed a collaborative project – SubCTest – to develop novel NDT procedures and equipment for deployment from remote operating vehicles (ROVs) on subsea offshore structures and pipelines. The project was carried out by a consortium of small-to-medium sized enterprises, resear
Cal Dive International, Inc. will conduct a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and year end 2010 results on March 2, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. Central Time. A press release summarizing these results is planned for distribution on March 1, 2011, after the market closes. The press release and confe
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has signed a three-year frame agreement with ConocoPhillips Indonesia Inc. Ltd for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment. The contract includes an immediate $57 million call-off and is expected to result in approximately $96 million
Husky Energy Inc. recorded a 42 percent increase in 2010 cash flow compared to 2009. The Company reported a 58 percent improvement to fourth quarter cash flow compared to the same period of 2009. Net earnings in the quarter were higher by 19 percent compared to the third quarter 2010 on the strength
Technical integrity and asset assurance expert iicorr, with offices in Aberdeen and Perth, Australia, has launched a new product to market that will extend the life of offshore applications through Cathodic Protection (CP) technology. Through its parent company Stork Technical Services, iicorr and i
Schlumberger announced today the release of the SonicScope* 475 multipole sonic-while-drilling service. This new logging-while-drilling (LWD) service provides multipole measurements to consistently and reliably deliver compressional and shear data in all environments. SonicScope 475 is the only serv
Maritime heritage archaeologists working with NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries have found the nationally-significant wreckage of a famous 1800’s Nantucket whale ship, Two Brothers, on a reef off French Frigate Shoals, nearly six hundred miles northwest of Honolulu, in the remote Papahāna
Plans for undersea nuclear power reactors around the coast of France could see a boom in uptake of the technology… [mappress] Source: theecologist ,February 15, 2011;
Tordis and Vigdis, subsea fields in the North Sea, recently achieved production of a hundred million cubic metres oil. And there’s still a lot more to come. They’ve worked hard and steadily on the seabed for years; Tordis since 1994, Vigdis since 1997. They recently notched up an overall production
Norske Shell AS has signed a letter of intent with AGR Drilling Services for a contract worth NOK84m (£9m). AGR Drilling Services’ excavation and trenching technology has been chosen by Shell for the next phase of its extension project in the northern part of the Ormen Lange field. Four new engineer
FMC Technologies, Inc. today reported fourth quarter 2010 revenue of $1.1 billion and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations of $0.82. The diluted earnings per share were affected by a combination of tax items that resulted in a net benefit of $0.13 per diluted share. Total inbound or
